1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967576403321

Autore

Molaro Anthony

Titolo

The Library Innovation Toolkit : Ideas, Strategies, and Programs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : American Library Association, 2015

ISBN

0-8389-1258-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WhiteLeah L

Disciplina

025.1

Soggetti

Libraries -- Activity programs

Libraries -- Technological innovations

Libraries and community

Library administration -- United States -- Case studies

Library administration

Organizational change

Public services (Libraries)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The LIBRARY INNOVATION TOOLKIT:  Ideas, Strategies, and Programs; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I: INNOVATIVE CULTURE; Chapter 1: Zen and the Art of Innovation; Chapter 2: Driving Creativity and Innovation in Your Organization: It's Easier Than You Think; Chapter 3: The Library's Role in Promoting Tolerance and Diversity in a University; PART II: INNOVATIVE STAFF; Chapter 4: Innovation Wizardry; Chapter 5: Innovation Boot Camp: A Social Experiment; Chapter 6: Building a Toolkit to Craft Your Instruction Program: The Virginia Tech Experience

PART III: INNOVATIVE OUTREACHChapter 7: Get on Board with Community Needs: Ferry Tales, a Monthly Book Group aboard a Ferry; Chapter 8: A Librarian Walks into a Bar; PART IV: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 9: Seizing the Opportunity for Innovation and Service Improvement; Chapter 10: The "Eyes" Have It: A Digital Media Lab in an Academic Library; PART V: INNOVATIVE SPACES; Chapter 11: Participatory Spaces and Idea Box; Chapter 12: "Like a Kid in a Candy Store": Marketplaces in Public Libraries; PART VI: INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS; Chapter 13: Apprentices of the Book Empire at a Glance



Chapter 14: Monsters, Rockets, and Baby Racers: Stepping into the Story with Children and Young PeopleChapter 15: Librari-Con: Bringing Magic to Your Library; Chapter 16: The Business of Ideas: Using a TED-Like Event to Spread Innovation; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This stimulating collection offers numerous snapshots of innovation in action at a range of libraries, showcasing ideas and initiatives that will inspire librarians at their own institutions.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974934403321

Titolo

Review of the EPA's economic analysis of final water quality standards for nutrients for lakes and flowing waters in Florida / / Committee to Review EPA's Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2012

ISBN

9786613721457

9780309254960

0309254965

9781280880148

1280880147

9780309254946

0309254949

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

628.11206759

Soggetti

Water quality management - Florida

Water quality - Standards - Florida

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Assessment and Commentary on



EPA's Analysis""; ""3 A Framework for Incremental Cost Analysis of a Rule Change""; ""Acronyms""; ""Appendix A: Narrative, Numeric, and Proposed Florida Nutrient Criteria Processes Illustrated""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff""

Sommario/riassunto

The Environmental Protection Agency's estimate of the costs associated with implementing numeric nutrient criteria in Florida's waterways was significantly lower than many stakeholders expected. This discrepancy was due, in part, to the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency's analysis considered only the incremental cost of reducing nutrients in waters it considered "newly impaired" as a result of the new criteria-not the total cost of improving water quality in Florida. The incremental approach is appropriate for this type of assessment, but the Environmental Protection Agency's cost analysis would have been more accurate if it better described the differences between the new numeric criteria rule and the narrative rule it would replace, and how the differences affect the costs of implementing nutrient reductions over time, instead of at a fixed time point. Such an analysis would have more accurately described which pollutant sources, for example municipal wastewater treatment plants or agricultural operations, would bear the costs over time under the different rules and would have better illuminated the uncertainties in making such cost estimates.